Leo is a teenager like any other, grappling with his first feelings of sexual attraction while trying to wrestle a bit more independence from his over-protective parents. The only difference is that he is blind. To the disappointment of Giovana, his best friend since childhood, he can’t wait to leave home and go on a study abroad program. But when the new student Gabriel arrives in class, a whole new world suddenly opens up right in front of him. As Leo becomes aware of his feelings for Gabriel, it is hard for him to know if the arm Gabriel holds out to him is just one of friendship or something more. The Way He Looks won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival.

A joyous debut feature from a director who combines great writing, characterization, performance, camera, and music to deliver a film that soars above the well-explored coming of age genre. Teddy Award Jury, Berlin Film Festival

Daniel Ribeiro (b. 1982, São Paulo, Brazil) directed the short films You, Me and Him (2007) and I Don’t Want to Go Back Alone (2010), which screened in over 180 festivals worldwide and received 119 awards. His first feature, The Way He Looks won the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the Berlin Film Festival.